Chapter 45 — Aranya Kanda, Sarga 45

Valmiki Ramayana — Aranya Kanda

Verse 45.1

आर्तस्वरं तु तं भर्तुर्विज्ञाय सदृशं वने। उवाच लक्ष्मणं सीता गच्छ जानीहि राघवम्॥

ārtasvaraṃ tu taṃ bharturvijñāya sadṛśaṃ vane| uvāca lakṣmaṇaṃ sītā gaccha jānīhi rāghavam||

English Meaning

Hearing that cry in the forest resembling her husband's voice Sítā spake to Laksmana saying Do you go and learn what has befallen Rāghava.

— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)